FERC Requests Information From Downeast LNG Regarding Pipeline Operations
Posted on Nov 16, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Requests Information From Downeast LNG Regarding Pipeline Operations
On Friday FERC sent a request for further information to Downeast Pipeline, LLC. In its letter, FERC Staff states that “Downeast has not addressed what steps would be taken in the event that Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline does not seek Commission approval” for an expansion. FERC Staff requests that Downeast Pipeline describe within 20 days the “operational...
Freeport-McMoRan Faces Challenging Market for Financing Main Pass Energy Project
Posted on Nov 16, 2009 in Financing, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Freeport-McMoRan Faces Challenging Market for Financing Main Pass Energy Project
A piece in the New Orleans City Business reports that Freeport-McMoRan remains interested in developing its Main Pass LNG import and natural gas storage project despite challenging financial market conditions that make construction of the project unlikely in the near...
Gulf LNG on Schedule for Completion in Fall 2011
Posted on Nov 16, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Gulf LNG on Schedule for Completion in Fall 2011
The Sun-Herald (Gulfport, Miss.) reports that the Gulf LNG import project is on schedule to be completed in Fall 2011. The piece also notes that Gulf LNG successfully tested its hurricane preparedness procedures and equipment when Hurricane Ida made landfall in the area earlier this...
Federal Magistrate Rejects Port’s Motion to Dismiss Oregon LNG Suit Over Site Lease
Posted on Nov 13, 2009 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Federal Magistrate Rejects Port’s Motion to Dismiss Oregon LNG Suit Over Site Lease
United States Federal Magistrate Judge John Jelderks has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Oregon LNG against the Port of Astoria. The suit alleges that the Port has delayed exercising an option to extend the lease between the Port and the Oregon Department of State Lands for the Oregon LNG project site. Rather than extending the lease 30 years to match the term of the...
Jordan Cove LNG Application Not on Agenda for FERC’s Upcoming Meeting
Posted on Nov 13, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Jordan Cove LNG Application Not on Agenda for FERC’s Upcoming Meeting
The World (Coos Bay, Ore.) reports that the Jordan Cove LNG application is not on the agenda for FERC’s November 19, 2009, meeting despite requests from members of the local community that the Commission address the...
Massachusetts Energy and Environment Office Clarifies Position on Weaver’s Cove LNG Proposed Mitigation Measures
Posted on Nov 13, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts Energy and Environment Office Clarifies Position on Weaver’s Cove LNG Proposed Mitigation Measures
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs submitted a letter to FERC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week clarifying Secretary Ian A. Bowles’ position on the mitigation proposal filed by Weaver’s Cove LNG on October 20, 2009. Agencies under the Secretary’s control have expressed “significant reservations” regarding...